I'm sure we can find a less emotive name for the option.....
I do appreciate the work done on wxMaxima - it is a very useful front-end
which I like very much! Thank you.
Chris
On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Holger Schulz wrote:
> For those, you switched already mentally, it could be kept, somehow, and
> there could be an option in there preferences like "Use old fashioned but
> useful input line instead of new rubbish which is said to be compatible to a
> programme I don't use, because I have maxima already".
>
> You might want to use other terms to declare this option: :-)
>
> hs
>
> Am 2009-01-10 um 12:12 schrieb Chris Sangwin:
>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I agree with Holger: in many applications "enter" means "evaluate" and
>> "shift+enter" is "new line". wxMaxima has changes to reverse this. I
>> thought this was a bug and it took me a while (after the upgrade) to work
>> out what to do. Could we change this back on the next release please?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Chris
>>
>> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Holger Schulz wrote:
>>
>>> Well thanks. But, actually, this is not an answer to my question.
>>>
>>> hs
>>>
>>> Am 2009-01-09 um 22:50 schrieb van Nek:
>>>
>>>> Hallo Holger,
>>>>
>>>> http://wxmaxima.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Tutorials
>>>>
>>>> here you find three tutorials to get started with the new wxMaxima
>>>> GUI. I am quite sure that
>>>> after doing the first steps you will like version 0.8.x.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> Volker van Nek
>>>>
>>>> Am 9 Jan 2009 um 19:39 hat Holger Schulz geschrieben:
>>>>
>>>>> I use wxMaxima on a Mac (iMac, Core 2 Duo, MacOS X 10.5.6) installed
>>>>> via fink (http://www.finkproject.org/). Since the last fink update, I
>>>>> have wxMaxima version 0.8.1. The surface is somehow different since
>>>>> than. The input line is missing.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the fink mailing list I was told, that
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. this was the designated behavior in cirrent wxMaxima versions and
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. I have to enter the terms in the main window an press Shift-Return
>>>>> to evaluate them.
>>>>>
>>>>> I liked the old input line and would like to continue working with
>>>>> it.
>>>>> I cannot work with wxMaxima in the new style. Is there any chance to
>>>>> get the old behavior back?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> hs
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